• About The Role

  • A rare and inspiring opportunity has arisen to take on a pivotal leadership role at the heart of a values-driven school. This position offers the chance to shape and lead the spiritual, religious and ethical life of the school, ensuring that the Avanti Way is lived authentically and consistently by pupils, staff and the wider community. Working closely with Co-Principals and senior leaders, you will play a central role in embedding a culture where character, wellbeing and spiritual development are given equal importance to academic excellence. 

    This is a strategic and highly influential role, bringing coherence and quality assurance to all aspects of spiritual life across the school. You will lead on collective worship, meditation, sanga and festival celebrations, ensuring these experiences are meaningful, inclusive and impactful for all pupils. With responsibility for strengthening the school’s partnership with ISKCON and wider faith communities, you will also play a key role in enriching the school’s ethos and deepening community engagement. 

    As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will contribute to whole-school improvement while leading and developing a team of PRE teachers, alongside Sanskrit and Yoga provision. Through coaching, curriculum leadership and quality assurance, you will ensure high standards of teaching and learning, while also nurturing opportunities for pupil leadership in spirituality and service. Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will teach PRE across Years 1–6 and support safeguarding as a Designated Safeguarding Lead, modelling excellence in both classroom practice and pastoral care. 

    This role would suit a passionate and reflective leader who is deeply committed to spiritual education, inclusive practice and the development of the whole child. It offers a unique platform to influence not only what pupils learn, but who they become. 

    School visits are welcomed and encouraged, please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.  

    What will you do?
    • Collaborate with the school’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the Trust Head of Spiritual insight in the embedding and consistent application of the Avanti Way across all phases, ensuring alignment with the school’s vision, values and spiritual ethos
    •  Provide strategic oversight and quality assurance of collective worship, meditation, sanga and festival celebrations
    •  Lead and line manage PRE staff across phases, ensuring curriculum coherence, progression and spiritual integrity
    • Oversee the development and delivery of Sanskrit and Yoga provision, ensuring alignment with the Avanti Way and wellbeing priorities
    •  Monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching, curriculum provision and pupil outcomes, identifying and addressing areas for improvement
    •  Line manage designated staff, providing effective performance management, coaching and professional development 

  • About Us

  • Why should you apply 

    You will be working in a fantastic environment. 

    Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. 

    We offer a range of staff benefits including professional development opportunities, retail discounts, flexible working options, well-being programs, and more; further details at the bottom of the page

    What are we looking for?
    •  Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent, with leadership experience in a comparable educational setting
    • Strong knowledge of curriculum development, assessment practices, and high-quality teaching to meet the needs of all learners
    • For our faith schools: Practicing Krishna Consciousness and have a deep understanding of its beliefs and practices.
    • Understanding of spiritual development and the ability to support and nurture this in pupils
    • Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across the school community 
    • Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
    Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
     
    Further information
    Pre-employment checks
    Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
    Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

    Diversity and Inclusion
    We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. 
    Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
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About our School

Avanti Court is a vibrant primary school, which welcomes pupils and staff of all faiths and backgrounds.

The staff at Avanti Court Primary School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our pupils. All staff that work at our school subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our children. This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both children and staff:

  • Educational excellence
  • Character formation
  • Spiritual insight

We believe in high expectations, challenge and support to enable our children to understand and develop into the best version of themselves. Through professional development, we support our staff to excel in creating a highly successful learning environment, we are an ambitious team who strive to ensure that all children enjoy learning and surpass expectations.